| Description |
xviii, 265 pages, 46 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, music, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: Art & artists. -- 1. Shackled & set free: art, music and theatre in Melbourne in the 1890s / Ann Galbally -- Part II: Culture & controversy. -- 2. Superman & society: perspectives on the aims of music education at the University of Melbourne 1891-1915 / Kieran Crichton -- 3. 'Du holde Kunst': the musical life of Vera Deakin / Carole Woods -- 4. Marshall-Hall & Edward Scharf: a close friendship / Kerry Murphy -- 5. Elise Wiedermann & Carl Pinshof: patrons of music and art in Melbourne, 1883-1920 / Pamela Niehoff -- 6. Bohemia & brotherhood in late nineteenth-century Melbourne: Marshall-Hall's involvement with the Cannibal and Ishmael Clubs / Stephen F. Mead -- 7. 'That good fellow Sugden on the side of tolerance': Marshall-Hall and the master of Queen's / Wilfred Prest -- 8. Sir James Barnett, musical patron in Melbourne / Kenneth Morgan -- 9. Hermann Heinicke, a champion of professional orchestral music in 1890s Adelaide: a contemporary counterpart to Marshall-Hall in Melbourne / Julja I. Szuster -- Part III: Music & thought. -- 10. Marshall-Hall contra Wagner: authors and readers in turn-of-the-century Melbourne / Matthew Lorenzon -- 11. Artists at work: Marshall-Hall, Arthur Streeton and Henry Tate / Christine Mercer -- 12. Marshall-Hall's symphony in E flat & its symphonic context / Roderick McNeill -- 13. Resisting the 'Blighting curse of puritanism': on the sexual politics of Stella / Suzanne Robinson -- 14. G.W.L. Marshall-Hall & Percy Grainger: the 'good sort' and the 'anarcharist with definite principles' / Jennifer Hall -- 15. Romeo, Juliet & George: the genesis of the last Marshall-Hall opera / Thérèse Radic -- 16. Marshall-Hall as an Australian composer / Peter Tregear -- Notes -- Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"The English conductor, composer and critic G.W.L. Marshall-Hall dominated music in Melbourne from his arrival in 1891 to his untimely death in 1915. He was a firebrand and an iconoclast hated by the clergy, feared by the press and adored by all his friends. Here, sixteen essayists examine Marshall-Hall's music, his teaching and philosophy, his friendships with artists and musicians (inc. Arthur Streeton and Percy Grainger), and the ruinous scandals sparked by his views on religion, sex and the role of the press."--Back cover |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Modern history (c 1788-1914) (Australia,Victoria) |
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Biography & autobiography (Australia,Victoria) |
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Composers & musicians (Australia,Victoria) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-256) and index |
| Notes |
© Thérèse Radic and Suzanne Robinson 2011 |
| Subject |
Marshall-Hall, G. W. L. (George William Louis), 1862-1915.
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Marshall-Hall, G. W. L. (George William Louis), 1862-1915 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Marshall-Hall, G. W. L. (George William Louis), 1862-1915 -- Friends and associates.
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Marshall-Hall, G. W. L. (George William Louis), 1862-1915 -- Influence.
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Marshall-Hall, G. W. L. (George William Louis), 1862-1915 -- Philosophy.
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Marshall-Hall, G. W. L. (George William Louis), 1862-1915 -- Political and social views.
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Musicians -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Biography.
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Music -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History and criticism -- 1891-1901
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Music -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History and criticism -- 1901-1922
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Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787 -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 -- 1891-1901
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Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787 -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 -- 1901-1922
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Robinson, Suzanne, Ph. D.
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| ISBN |
9781921875502 (paperback) |
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